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Ancient-wisdom: Exploring the frontier of prehistory.

Prehistory - The Lost Chapters.

Without written records, most of the events of prehistory are unavailable to us and new discoveries often lack continuity or context, which often makes it difficult to develop a clear and accurate statement of pre-historic events. This lack of information is compounded by the combined effects of natural catastrophes, wars, religious and political upheavals etc (such as the recent looting of the Baghdad museum in the year 2000, which highlights the perpetuation of this process).

As we begin to explore our origins, another fact becomes clear - namely that that the further back we look - the less there is to find. In fact, testimony of our existence on this planet before a million years ago relies on just a few bones only, and our exact path as a species is still very much incomplete. It is perhaps understandable that when discoveries are found which do not fit into our current notions of the sequence of past events, that on occasion - we are forced to  speculate their origin.

The attitude of historians towards our past is changing along with each new discovery, as the following examples demonstrate:

Archaeo-Astronomy

It is now well recognised that one of the common denominators of megalithic sites is an intimate involvement with astronomy. The success achieved in the field of Archaeo-astronomy is one of the greatest testaments to the level of intellectual commitment demonstrated by our ancestors in their struggle to understand our place in the universe.

The number of prehistoric sites now known to include astronomical properties makes it clear that a huge importance placed on astronomy around the prehistoric world, and it is arguable that astronomy itself may have been the impetus for the design and development of many of the largest megalithic structures. The energy invested into the design and construction of such well known sites as Stonehenge, Avebury, Giza, Carnac, Newgrange, Baalbek etc, represents a form of communication between people and the universe before the written word, which we are slowly beginning to understand by sifting through their remains. It is through this same process that we become able to communicate with our ancestors, who describe themselves to us though their art, design and imagination.

An advanced astronomical knowledge was a common element throughout the ancient world, and from apparently unconnected cultures. There is a school of thought that argues the existence of cross-cultural exchange in prehistory. Although there have been many past attempts to prove such associations, it is argued that cultural similarities are not actually proof of exchange. The following pages explore the evidence to see if there is enough evidence to substantiate this theory.

The Geodetic Placement of Ancient Temples.

There is a growing weight of evidence to suggest that prominent Middle-eastern, Egyptian, Greek and European sites were located according to rules of geodesy. Historical accounts from Herodotus support a connection between the oracle centres of Greece and Egypt. Livvio Stecchini suggested that the Greek oracle centres were also placed according to geodesy, a theory which finds a credible voice through both mythology and archaeology while Xavier Guichard suggested that the specific placement of prehistoric sites was observed across France and Western Europe, including the use of Longitude and Latitude.. 

The remains of several important sacred Egyptian sites demonstrates clearly that Egyptians located their most important sites and temples using geodesy. The application of knowledge such as longitude, latitude, geometry, astronomy and by implication, an awareness of the spherical earth and 'sacred geometry' across the ancient world suggests a common cultural bond that reaches back into mythological times.

(More about Ancient Geometric Alignments)

(British Geodesy)   ☼   (Egyptian Geodesy)